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09-01-2010, 01:24 PM
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I have read so much on this forum about the Markbass stuff and I just don't get it. I have played just about all of the Markbass heads and amps I can find locally and they sound good, but everybody acts like they are the greatest thing since canned beer. I will put my old hot rodded tube amps up against them for tone any day!
Yeah, I know they are lighter to carry, but for a thick, warm vintage tube tone you cannot get from solid state, I will hump a bit more weight. As for recording tone, solid state just can't hold a candle.
So yeah, there is retubing, but for the tone, I don't mind. I have a Gallien Kruger solid state for practice also. It just cannot give me what the tube heads provide.
K. Just had to get that out of my system. I was just Markbass'ed to death. Not being a hater, just old school I guess. |
09-01-2010, 01:26 PM
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09-01-2010, 01:27 PM
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09-01-2010, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by fishman35  I have played just about all of the Markbass heads and amps I can find locally and they sound good, but everybody acts like they are the greatest thing since canned beer.
| I don't like canned beer, so I don't get it either. 
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09-01-2010, 01:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY | | | I'm not a fan of canned beer, but I am a fan of what Markbass has given the bass gear world. Innovation is a good thing. |
09-01-2010, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by fishman35 I have read so much on this forum about the Markbass stuff and I just don't get it. I have played just about all of the Markbass heads and amps I can find locally and they sound good, but everybody acts like they are the greatest thing since canned beer. I will put my old hot rodded tube amps up against them for tone any day!
Yeah, I know they are lighter to carry, but for a thick, warm vintage tube tone you cannot get from solid state, I will hump a bit more weight. As for recording tone, solid state just can't hold a candle.
So yeah, there is retubing, but for the tone, I don't mind. I have a Gallien Kruger solid state for practice also. It just cannot give me what the tube heads provide.
K. Just had to get that out of my system. I was just Markbass'ed to death. Not being a hater, just old school I guess. | So, you like 'hot rodded' tube amps, and you then don't like very clean, transparent solid state amps. Makes sense. What does this have to do with a particular brand 
For those of us who prefer solid state amps, the tone, size, weight, and price/value of the MB heads (especially when the LMII first came out... set the industry on its ear IMO) is, well, even better than bottled beer!
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09-01-2010, 01:31 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | i'm a big tube nut and i used to own a couple markbass little mark amps. to my ears, for an all-ss amp, they're very tubey sounding. but you're right that it's not the same as the real thing. but it's ok if you don't like them...really it is. so go relax.
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09-01-2010, 01:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago | | | Well, we haven't had a "I need to slag something to justify my own tastes" posts since yesterday so I guess it's about time we had another. |
09-01-2010, 01:39 PM
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You like what you like and MarkBass isn't it. No biggie. There are plenty of folks who do like them.
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09-01-2010, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Mola Ram Well, we haven't had a "I need to slag something to justify my own tastes" posts since yesterday so I guess it's about time we had another. | That's true.
I was feeling pretty high and mighty for enjoying my SS amp so much more than the all-tube amp at the studio where I rehearse... I'm glad someone could come in and tell me how wrong I was/am.
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09-01-2010, 01:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ellenwood,Ga. | | | I dont get tube amps,or beer..
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09-01-2010, 01:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | Why do humans expose themselves to things they know they do not like, ( certain threads for ex.) and then go an a complaint spree expressing how they don't like it. Humans are funny.  |
09-01-2010, 01:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: S. Texas | | | I HAD a Markbass amp and cabinet, I had it for a whole weekend before I decided it wasn't for me. It clipped out all the time and the tone was so-so.
I can say the light weight aspect of it was nice, but that alone did not out weigh (pun not intended) the lack of performance.
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09-01-2010, 01:49 PM
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09-01-2010, 01:49 PM
|  | MORE AMPS - MORE CABS - MORE DOOM | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sterling, VA | | | i have a an SVT VR, a 71 V4, and a little mark II. theyre all awesome heads, but sometimes i want a solid state sound and not tubey warmness. theyre both good for what youre trying to do. |
09-01-2010, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by adbass de gustibus non est disputandum | It's true, taste is key...... |
09-01-2010, 01:57 PM
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09-01-2010, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Mola Ram Well, we haven't had a "I need to slag something to justify my own tastes" posts since yesterday so I guess it's about time we had another. | I'm not trying to "come down" on anyone for their personal choices... but seriously, what is up with people using mayo on their submarine sandwhiches. I mean, yeah, hot sauce doesn't have the fat, but for what mayo provides it's a no-brainer. People talk about hot sauce like it's the greatest thing... HOW CAN YOU CHOOSE HOT SAUCE OVER MAYO?
Sorry I just had to vent... 
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09-01-2010, 02:05 PM
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09-01-2010, 03:25 PM
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